GoFro, India’s online holiday marketplace has raised funding led by H.I.S.
Co. Ltd, along with participation from the existing investor, MakeMyTrip
as a part of a $10 million plus Series B round. H.I.S. is Japan’s
leading travel company with 230 overseas branches and 141 cities
across 66 countries, in addition to 233 retail outlets in Japan.
With this investment, GoFro will further strengthen its technology platform,
supply and agent network and expand into international markets. GoFro is in
advance talks with other investors who want to participate in this round.

Mr. Amitabh Misra, Founder and CEO, GoFro said, “We are delighted to have H.I.S. as our
investor. We are excited about this partnership and our journey forward as we
launch the GoFro platform in Japan in the coming months. Support of H.I.S., Japan’s
leading travel company, and MakeMyTrip, India’s largest online travel company,
is a validation of the tremendous potential of GoFro’s marketplace platform. We
have received great consumer traction in just a year of operations. We now look
forward to H.I.S.‘s global reach and experience helping us enhance our global
supply network and provide great holiday packages at competitive prices to our
customers.”

Mr. Akira Hirabayashi, Vice Chairman, H.I.S. Co. Ltd speaking on their investment and
partnership, “GoFro is poised for great success in the high growth holiday
travel market in India. The team has created an amazing technology product and
we believe it holds the potential to become the next travel-tech revolution.
GoFro platform is globally scalable and we look forward to taking this
revolution to Japanese market.”

Deep
Kalra, Founder, Group Chairman and Group CEO, MakeMyTrip said, “We are very
bullish about the possibilities in the holiday travel space. Through its
superior technology, GoFro has the potential to bring hundred of branded
products under one umbrella to organize this fragmented market. We hold great
confidence that GoFro will be able to capture and grow this underserved market
through its differentiated product offering.”

GoFro has been empowering travelers in India with a huge inventory of customize and fixed packages for more than 70 destination across the globe.